Reviews by Jdiddy:

I really fancied this beer. Great head upon pour which vanishes quickly but sticks to the sides of the glass. Smell is just ok...a bit of musty roast coffee was my best guess. The taste is a bit tart/espresso and very smooth. A bit of a complex Guinness?? Very easy drinking beer. Nothing too exceptional but not bad by any means.

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Pours a deep brown,not quite black with some reddish highlights with a slight off white head,arom is nutty and of bitter chocolate.Taste is very earthy and almost lactic with some unsweetened chocolate notes,alot of different flavors are packed into this one.A stout low in alcohol I could more than one pint of these I would get again as a nice night cap or session-type stout.

Wonderfully dark, can barely see through this. Just some ruby seen at the edges when held to the light. Nice, thick, creamy beige head that managed to stay as a good heavy ring. Amazing scents of darkly rich hops, espresso, and chocolate. Maybe a it of oaky whiskeyness, and even a bit of terriyaki came out towards the end. Very good mouthfeel, just flows over your tongue. The carbination is just barely there, so that is nice for me. Taste is nice, not too intense. Expected it to be very powerful, but is so nicely drinkable. Dark roasted malt taste, chocolate, and black coffee, house red wine. Very tastey.

Dark brown, almost opaque, a little light comes through at the bottom. Nice yellowish head, laces in complicated thin sheets. Aroma is mild, light coffee with cream. Java really dominates the flavor, oily and bitter roastiness attack the tastebuds up front. More than medium carbonation adds some interest but the mouthfeel could be a little creamier. Finish has maybe a bit of smoke. Not a bad beer, bottle conditioned, lacks isinglass for organic folk, but a little light, spritzy, and maybe monotone for a Stout overall, though its resembles an Irish style most closely.

Pretty nice little stout. Smoky nose and flavour, with a little roast and then some chocolate, quite subtle, with a crisp, slight fizzy mouthfeel, with perhaps a touch of acidity. The palate is a touch short, but theres some nice flavours in this, quite bitter-roasty aswell. Dry, lightly chalky finish.

A- During a gentle pour this is a full glass of big bubbly light brown foam. The foam fades quickly to a black body with a faint brown glow and a high carbonation of big bubbles.

S- The very clean aroma of carbonic acid has a faint dark roasted barley aroma that grows a bit as the beer warms.

T- This beer has a thin dark roasted cola note with a faint black roasted bitter note in the finish. As the beer warms the finish turns a bit sour with some soft roasted notes lingering. There is more of a watery taste replacing the cola flavor as it warms with a carbonic acid taste coming through as well.

M- This beer has a light mouthfeel with no alcohol heat but a big scrubbing fizz in the finish.

D- This is a very bland tasteless beer with a dark color. The only real flavor was the sour note and even that was soft with a softer black malt note. It was hard to get through a full imp. pint of this stuff.

First a little history... prior to the industrial revolution, brewers would dough-in their mash, let it rest, and then roll a barrel underneath the mash tun. They'd knock-out the bung (leading to brewer's current use of the term "knock-out" to mean sending beer to fermentation) and fill the barrel (or barrels). They'd then re-bung the mash tun and add hot water. This second mash would make a weaker beer. And so on. There were roughly five different strengths of beer available. When pumps and metal vessels came into use, brewers started to recirculate and sparge their mashes, utilizing the "entire" mash. Hence the name "Entire" here.

It pours a clear, almost black body with deep mahogany highlights beneath a short head of creamy tan foam. Some yeast sediment settles to the bottom of the glass, and occassional, very-fine bubbles can be seen rising steadily towards the surface. The combination of it's fine, bottle-conditioned moderate carbonation and medium-light body leave it silky-smooth across the palate. The nose expresses a dark, slightly acrid bittersweet chocolate maltiness, and some yeasty fruitiness that encompasses both dark and light skinned fruits (plum, red berries). The flavor follows pretty much exactly, with its dark maltiness expressing a bit of roastiness, and some caramel, and reigning over the gentle fruitiness. A subtle touch of grassy and leafy hops lend it some depth. The bitterness is restrained, but solid, allowing the malt some room to play, but anchoring it completely in the dry, roasty, and slightly acrid finish. It's quite drinkable in that it's lighter in body and maltiness, and doesn't overwhelm the palate. And, it still has enough flavor and depth to keep it interesting for more than or two. It's not a pint that I'd go for if I was having only one, but for a night out with the lads I'd more than care for a few of these!

A Valentine's gift from my lovely wife, I decided to crack this one right away while it's still fresh. Poured from the 500ml bottle into a Maudite snifter. Body is a deep dark black topped by a half-inch of tan head. Aroma is full of roasted dark malt and a touch of oats, with a hint of piney hops and licorice to balance things out. Palate is rich and roasty up front, with a mellow bitterness from the hops emerging before the swallow. Notes of licorice, dark chocolate, and chicory linger in the background. Body is stout, yet not thick, which is to be expected in a low-alcohol stout. An approachable, easy-drinking, sessionable stout.

A very good session type brew. Dark brown, almost black in color with a beautiful head and excellent lacing. Smell was a nice malty, coffee aroma. Taste, surprisingly didn't have that much coffee flavor. However, it was an initial sweet taste with a nice slightly dry and tart finish. Mouthfeel was light and pleasant. Very drinkable due to lightness of character..a definite session brew.

I was very impressed with this English Stout. It poured a very deep black, with a nice head that lasted through the entire glass. Had a delicious chocolate like smell, and a very nice chocolate malt flavor. I thought it had just the right amount of carbonation for a stout. I find some to be too flat, by design i think. Too heavy to be a session beer, if you are having 2 or 3, this will work well. While I didn't have it with food, I got the feeling that it would complement a beef or lamb stew perfectly.

Pours a dark almost black with a small quickly fading head. some light lacing. Aroma is of dark roasted malt, yeast and caramel malt, some mild notes of burnt toffee and caramel as it warms up. Taste similar to aroma with some mild espresso like bitterness from the roasted malt. A medium body with mild carbonation, smooth. Finishes with sweet roasted malt, caramel, moderately dry and some mild bitterness and light toffee caramel ending. Aroma and taste become more prevelant as it warms up. Overall a good, smooth and flavorful brew.

T: For flavor there is dark chocolate and roasted malt along with a dry coffee presence. The bitterness and coffee flavoring is very dry and lingering. The body is typical English style, light and smooth. The hopping is bitter complimenting the rich coffee character the beer has to offer. A nice dry bitter English finish.

M: light, perhaps a little thin with a moderate carbonation but overall had a smooth texture to it.

D: Decent drinkability and flavor, a nice finish and easy to handle stout.

Pours dark brown with red highlights. Thin ring of tan head kicks off spotty lace.
Aromas of darker citrus fruits,some cassis and a little bit of chocolate.
Flavor of chocolate with some prune notes and a hint of roasted nuttiness with a hard water mineral hit and some pine and resin hop hints.
Mouthfeel lacks carbonation and clarity of flavors or progression. Semi-sweet that then dissolves into a sort of mish-mash of odd barley, malt and hop notes.
Drinkability is average at best. Probably a good beer close to home but this bottled version tht made a trip to the US just doesn't make it.

Overall this is a nice beer. Not the best stout I ever had. In fact, this may be a stout by English standards, but here it would be considered a porter. Hmmmm, not sweet, roasty, not totally black... sounds like a porter to me. Glad I like porters. Give it a shot for S & G.

Pours a beautiful head with a strong lacing, it's jet black and crisp looking. Smell dark malt with a sweet hint of hints. Tastes like hops with a malty coffee taste in the end. Feels watery, but smooth in my mouth. It's fairly drinkable, a sipping beer. Also great when complimented with food.

Almost pitch black. Hold it right over a light and some dark reddish colors peek through. Good tan head, plenty of tracings. There is a strong roasted aroma on the nose, which sticks around on the palate, along with definite chocolate flavors as well as a crisp but mostly mild hop bitterness. There is a somewhat unsettling metallic taste that migrates around the palate from the fore- to the aftertaste, then seems to fade away. At this point the aftertaste becomes predominently roast malt-centric. For a stout this is a pretty easy drinker, not palate-coating, and quite enjoyable.

I really enjoy this stout. It's so easy to drink, no matter how hot it gets outside. I love English session beers, but I only drink it when I know it comes in fresh. Can't wait to go to the UK sometime in the future so I can be that much more assured of freshness, because it seems to go downhill quick around here.

The beer pours to a nice dark brownish black color with a thick tan head. Leaves a decent lacing (which oddly enough appears to form a word... "lice?" This is the oddest thing I've ever seen happen while appreciating the appearance of my beer. I had to give it a .5 bonus).

The smell is quite good. Plenty hoppy. Herbal and spicy bouqet lying over a chocolate and roasted barley malt character. As it warms, a bit of a berry ester begins to show up.

The taste is good as well. Tastes like dark chocolate with an herbal bitter finish. Very smooth and creamy and nutty, but quite thin, almost more like a robust porter. A little bit of a metallic, almost bloody aftertaste, however. It's great to have a light [ABV] beer that's so full of flavor and nuance.

The body is thin, and the carbonation fairly light. Light yet creamy. The 4.5% ABV obviously can't be detected or felt until after quite a few more, making this seem more like a roasted barley and hop tea than an actual beer. I kind of like that, though.

Dark brown, with a glint of ruby at the base. Low head of soapy bubbles. Faint caramel scent, followed by roasty smoky caramel. Thin body, sticky finish.

on cask at Redbone's

Tan head of openwork lace that stands perhaps a pencilwidth above opaque blackness. The body is thinner than I expected, with almost a crispness to it. For a stout this is an excellent porter, tasting of french roast. Has a stealth sweetness that sneaks up on the tongue after each swallow.